mononucleate, a. Biol.
(mɒnəʊˈnjuːklɪət)
[f. mono- + nucleate a.]
= mononuclear a.
| 1957 New Biol. XXIV. 30 In the primitive type, Iridia studied by le Calvez, there is no visible difference between the sexual and the asexual individuals until they begin to reproduce. Both are mono-nucleate. 1971 New Scientist 8 July 90/1, I shall be concerned with the mononucleate hybrid cells that are produced when the nuclei of two cells (and occasionally three) fuse together. |